During this time now, we suffer. But one day God will show us all the great things he has prepared for us.
Romans 8:18 The pain you have been feeling can't compare to the joy that is coming.
Romans 8:18
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. God, encourage me with reminders that my earthly trouble is nothing compared to the glory of Your Son who will be revealed in me!
In Romans 8:18 Paul says, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.” Notice the words “suffering” and “present time.” Christianity does not give us a free pass from suffering.
I pray to you as I am desperate for help. I need to know that you care, that you love me, be my refuge from pain, replacing my distress with peace, and be my strength when I feel weak and find it hard to carry on.
This divine person comes to live in our hearts when we come to faith in Christ. Romans 8 makes it very clear that every believer has the Holy Spirit in them. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. Jesus and the Holy Spirit move in unison, never one without the other.
Still, we are human as long as we live on this earth, and our loving God allows pain to touch us at times in order to “wake us up.” We all need reminders to turn away from our sin and turn instead to Jesus, as 2 Corinthians 7:10 says, “Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret.” Pain ...
18I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us. 21that creation itself would be set free from slavery to corruption and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God.
By applying the teachings of Romans 8:18, we can face life's challenges with hope, perseverance, and faith, knowing that our present sufferings are only temporary compared to the eternal glory that awaits us in Christ.
Who Wrote This Book? The Apostle Paul is the author of the Epistle to the Romans (see Romans 1:1). In writing this epistle, Paul used the assistance of a scribe, Tertius, who wrote his own greeting to the Roman Saints near the conclusion of the epistle (see Romans 16:22).
Suffering is a product of the fall, a consequence of human sin against God (Romans 5:12; 1 Corinthians 15:21). Suffering is in our lives because we are living in a broken world. Some suffering is due to our sinful and wrong choices, but some is due simply to the world being fallen.
Paul closes the paragraph by saying that what he just described is the hope in which we were saved. We do not see it yet because we do not have it yet; we are not yet in eternity. But if we already had it, it would no longer be a hope for the future because you don't hope to get something you already have.
We can “glory” in our suffering because we know that suffering is never the end, and we have the same power that raised Jesus from the dead living inside us!
It's a way of talking to God in his language — speaking his dialect, using his vernacular, employing his idioms. (I've often teased Bunny that I hear God's accent when she prays.) If praying “in the name of Jesus” comes as naturally as breathing, we need to pray “in the word” just as naturally.
How long will God allow me to suffer? God does not give us a set time because suffering is never about time. The purpose of suffering is never about a length of time, it is about the depth of power and the height of transformation God accomplishes in us through it.
Don't praise Him silently, praise Him openly and verbally. There is something powerful about hearing our own voice praise and worship the Lord. Use fear and worry as indicators of when to praise the Lord. When fear and worry raise their ugly heads use them as reminds praise the Lord.
ESV For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. NIV I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
18 During this time now, we have troubles and pain. But I am sure that these troubles are not really very great. One day God will show us all the great things he has prepared for us. That will make the troubles that we have now seem very small.
Romans 8:18 reminds us that our present sufferings are not worth comparing to the glory that will be revealed in us. This verse serves as a powerful reminder that there is a greater purpose and plan at work, even in the midst of our pain.
In the Lord's prayer in Matthew 6, this is encouraged in another way: “Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth [in the same way] as it is [being done right now] in heaven.” God delights to answer this prayer, and the results are stunning. It is the prayer that never fails.
As Jesus cried out on the cross, I cry out to you in pain, O God my Creator. Do not forsake me. Grant me relief from this suffering and preserve me in peace; through Jesus Christ my Savior, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Lord, my refuge, you renew my strength, and I can find rest under the shadow of your wings. Grant me grace for the rest of my day, and give me the gift of deep sleep tonight. Tomorrow, help me wake up in your new mercies, and to focus on serving you and others with the strength you give me for tomorrow.